Found 3 collections related to Libraries%20--%20Space%20utilization

The Space Committee of the N.Y.P.L. Board of Trustees was established in 1955 to discern the space needs of the various divisions in the Research Library. Its members were: Chairman Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Edward G. Freehafer, Morris Hadley, Carl H. Pforzheimer, Roland L. Redmond, Deoch Fulton, and Rutherford D. Rogers. The committee was active through 1959. Records of the Space Committee span the years 1955 to 1959 and include supporting material from the 1940s before the Committee's founding. Correspondence consists of letters and memoranda from committee members. Reports, Studies & Plans are formal written findings of the Committee and supporting visual materials. Drawings are architectural space plans of the Central Building. less

Certain routine activities of the New York Public Library are handled by the staff of the Central Administration and are referred to as originating in the Central Administrative Office. Records consist of reports and other materials concerning library operations and activities. In addition to annual reports and statistics from 1897 on, there are consultants' and staff reports on financial planning, space allocation, library automation, cooperative library programs, regional access to information as well as management studies and evaluations of library procedures and programs. The collection also includes administrative memoranda; financial statements; file index, ca. 1915-1936; guides, handbooks, telephone books, and organization charts starting in 1914; rules of the Library, 1911-1941; subpoenas of library materials; and newsclippings from 1895 on. less